Parotid Region Flashcards
What is contained in the temporal fossa (A/N)
- Superficial temporal artery
2. Auriculo-temporal nerve (V3)
What muscle is contained in the temporal fossa
The temporalis
What is the boundary to the infratemporal fossa
It is inferior to the zygomatic arch and its lateral boundary is the mandible (ramus)
What bones are in the infratemporal fossa (medial to the mandible once you remove it)
- Superiorly you have the greater wing of the sphenoid
- Medially you have the lateral pterygoid plate
- Anteriorly you have the posterior side of the maxillary bone
- Laterally you have the pterygoid plate
What are the foramena located int eh infratemporal region and what do they contain
- Foramen ovale-V3 and accessory meningeal artery
- Foramen spinosum-middle meningeal artey and nervous spinosus
- Mandibular foramen- inferior alveolar N,A,V
What passes through the ptergomaxillary fissure
The maxillary artery and branches of V2
What passes through the mandibular foramen
The inferior alveolar N,A,V
What part of the mandible contains the teeth
The body of the mandible
What is the location of the maxillary artery and what does it supply
Located in the infratemporal fossa immediately medial tot he mandible. it supplies the nasal, calvarium, oral cavity, middle ear, and is the location of the muscles of mastication
How do you treat excessive bleeding of the maxillary artery
You have to cauterize the branches because ligation is next to impossible
Clinically relavent branches of the maxillary (8 of them)
Anterior tympanic Middle Meningeal Accessory Meningeal Inferior Alveolar Posterior Superior Alveolar Artery Descending Palatine Sphenopalatine artery Infraorbital artery
Anterior Tympanic Artery
Foramen
Structures supplied
Pterotympanic fissure
Middle ear
Middle Meningeal artery
Foramen
Supplies
Foramen spinosum
Calvarium/middle cranial fossa
Accessory meningeal artery
Foramen
Supplies
Foramen ovale
Calvarium/middle cranial fossa
Inferior alveolar artery
Foramen
Supplies
Mandibular foramen
Mandibular teeth: branch mental artery to the chin
Posterior superior alveolar artery
Foramen
Supplies
Posterior superior alveolar foramen
Posterior maxillary teeth
Descending palatine artery
Foramen
Supplies
Greater and lesser palatine foramena
Hard and soft palate
Sphenopalatine artery
Foramen
Supplies
Sphenopalatine foramen
Nasal cavity and the palate